Something that I rarely pay attention to is the end of an email, however as you read this part of the email series you will see that your signature block is important. Do you want to make your email to look and sound more professional? One of the quickest and easiest ways to do this is …
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As the academic year draws to a close, the Career Development Office is getting ready for summer, and the Career Advisors are getting ready for finals week or graduation. This year, the CDC will be sending off ten of the fifteen Career Advisors that currently work in the office. That number is the most graduates …
This part of the email series I believe is very important especially in today’s age where being polite is not something that is necessarily done. Emailing is a fast way to communicate and is growing ever more popular each year in this digital age. However, unlike talking over the phone or face to face, this …
Hello, this is part one of the request email series. We will give you tips on how to ask people for help, because we understand how hard that can be sometimes. We hope that you learn something new, enjoy! The Request No one likes asking for help, least of all we dislike feeling like …
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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop”. Confucius If you are a senior and are about to go into the real world, going to this event will be another step towards ‘adulting’. The event is open to all students and it will cover topics ranging from financial planning …
Part II: Greeting portion of an email. We hope you learn something new, enjoy. Emailing Someone You Don’t Know Here’s the situation: you just found an awesome internship with a company in Holland. They need a marketing specialist over the Summer to help design some of their promotional media. You meet all of the …
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Welcome to part one of the greeting email series. Here we will give you a few ideas on how to start off on your email, we hope that you enjoy this read. The Greeting Starting off an email can be one of the hardest tasks of writing email. You know the content you …
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Welcome to the how to conquer emailing series. We will be posting a series of tips concerning different areas of emailing. We hope that you learn a few things from this. Best Practices for Professional life Email has quickly become one of the best ways to communicate in college and in the professional world. …
Networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, marketing your uniqueness, marketing what you stand for. – Christine Comaford-Lynch Research has found that in today’s workforce, 60-80% of the people found their jobs through networking. This fact alone should motivate all job-hunters to start making and utilizing their connections – they could help you land a job! …
“Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them.” ~Bill Kelly Have you ever wondered how to act, what to wear, or which way to pass the salt when an employer takes you out for a meal? If you answered yes (or even no!) to this question, the Etiquette …
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